Exam question 2 · China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Grea…

Select the response consistent with the testimony of astronauts concerning the Great Wall.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, astronauts · What happens: select, concern, testify · To what, where: response, Great Wall

This is exam question 2 of lesson 52 «China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Great Wall» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 testimony	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 testimony	det
7	testimony	testimony	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 astronauts	case
9	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 testimony	nmod
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 astronauts	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Wall	det
12	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Wall	amod
13	Wall	Wall	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	concern	gerund	astronauts not said here	the Great Wall	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wall=Experiencer
3	testify		astronauts		nom testimony «communication intransitive»: of=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is not discernible to the unaided eye from orbit, being too narrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 discernible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 discernible	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 discernible	advmod
4	discernible	discernible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 eye	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 eye	det
7	unaided	unaided	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eye	amod
8	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discernible	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 orbit	case
10	orbit	orbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eye	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 narrow	punct
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 narrow	cop
13	too	too	ADV	_	14 narrow	advmod
14	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 discernible	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	It					to the unaided eye from orbit; discernible property	tree rules
2	is	gerund						narrow property	tree rules

Option 2

It is visible from orbit solely at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 visible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 visible	cop
3	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 orbit	case
5	orbit	orbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 visible	obl
6	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 visible	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 visible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			orbit	night	solely, visible property	tree rules

Option 3

It is visible from Mars in fair weather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 visible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 visible	cop
3	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Mars	case
5	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 visible	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 weather	case
7	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 weather	amod
8	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 visible	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			Mars		in fair weather; visible property	tree rules

Option 4

It is the sole structure visible from the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 visible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 visible	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 structure	det
4	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 structure	amod
5	structure	structure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 visible	obl:unmarked
6	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 Moon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Moon	det
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 visible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			the Moon		the sole structure obl:unmarked; visible property	tree rules

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